Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-09] DirecTV’s second-quarter profits dropped 11 percent in the second quarter of 2009, as the company spent more money on customer acquisition, which offset revenue growth, according to […]

[Satellite News 08-11-09] China DB Sat is in the middle of a transformation to leverage its position within China, embarking on an aggressive capital expenditure plan for new satellites, Huang […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham has resigned, effective immediately, the company’s board of directors announced Aug. 6.     Paul Casner, a board member of the company since […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Dutch language channel BVN-TV expanded its contract with RRsat following the launch of services over Asia, Africa and Australia in 2007, RRsat announced Aug. 6.     BVN-TV, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Sirius XM Radio’s net loss grew from $83.9 million a year ago to $157 million in the 2009 second quarter, according to financial reports released Aug. 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Stratos Global Corp. was awarded a contract from maritime transportation company Stolt Tankers to provide a high-speed satellite-based communications network for a fleet of 75 ships, Stratos […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the United States, lost 214,000 basic video subscribers in the first quarter of 2009, sending its total customer base below […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Inmarsat reported a 5 percent increase in revenues to $508.7 million, driven by strong growth in the company’s maritime business, Inmarsat announced in its 2009 first half […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-07-09] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) space systems division sales declined by 11 percent to $364 million compared from $407 million in the previous year, according to the company’s 2010 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] News Corp. increased its stake in the German satellite broadcaster Sky Deutschland from 30.5 percent to 39.96 percent, the company announced Aug. 5.     Sky Deutschland, formerly […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] AsiaSat expects to launch the AsiaSat 5 satellite on an ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 12, the company announced Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) named Marv Vander Weg Vice President of the company’s EELV customer office, the company announced Aug. 5.     Vander Weg will be responsible […]

[Satellite News 08-05-09] The satellite set-top-box (STB) market saw a 6 percent increase in 2008, with growth predicted to be steady for the next two years, according to a report […]

[Satellite News 08-05-09] Canal+ hopes its recent deal with Microsoft to make its content available through the Xbox 360 video games console will help it gain stronger audiences, particularly among […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-09] Mohamed Youssif has been appointed CEO of YahLive, a partnership between SES Astra and Yahsat offering satellite capacity for DTH services to the Middle East, North Africa […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-09] Interorbital Systems (IOS), a U.S.-based rocket and spacecraft manufacturing company, is marketing the launch and orbit of personal-use satellites to the general public, the company announced Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-09] Stratos Global deployed an Inmarsat FleetBroadband mobile satellite system onboard the tall ship Bark Europa to broadcast coverage of the final leg of the Tall Ships Atlantic […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] ProtoStar has reached an agreement with its principal lender groups after filing July 29 for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States and Bermuda, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] Hughes Network Systems signed an agreement to supply Bentley Walker with its new HX mesh satellite network technology for delivering broadband services in the Middle East and […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] GlobeCast has signed a deal with China Central Television (CCTV) to distribute CCTV’s newly-launched Arabic channel to the Middle East and North Africa via Arabsat’s BADR-6 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Spacenet introduced its Prysm Pro application, the company’s second-generation integrated and off-the-shelf IP networking solution, Spacenet announced Aug. 3.     Spacenet said Prysm […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] Sky Deutschland has appointed Wolfram Winter senior vice president of distribution and development, the company announced July 31.     Winter will be responsible for further developing co-operative […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] BSkyB is planning to launch a 3-D TV channel in 2010, the company announced July 31.     The service will be broadcast across Sky’s existing HD infrastructure […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] SES reported operating profits of 359.9 million euros in the first half of 2009, an increase of 9.2 percent over the first half of 2008, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] Eutelsat increased its yearly revenues by more than 7 percent to 940.5 million euros ($1.3 billion) at the end of June, compared to 877.8 million euros ($1.2 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] Integral Systems has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over fraud charges filed against the company in 2008, Integral Systems announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] Beyond DSL, Ten Haaft and Conrad Anderson have formed a mobile satellite broadband Internet technology partnership in the United Kingdom, the companies announced July 31.     The […]

On both sides of the Atlantic, policymakers are devising programs to ensure that citizens have access to broadband services. For its part, the European Union (EU) has included funding for […]

There are very few satellite executives that have worked as intimately with the U.S. military and government sectors as Intelsat General President Kay Sears, who has spent the past several […]

The market for satellite technology has remained strong over the last few years, shrugging off the financial woes experienced in consumer markets. Although sales curves are at a notably lower […]